Having had my trip to ‘Roma Nova’ cancelled in June, I was thirsty for some Roman input. But it’s not easy going on a trip in the middle of a raging world pandemic.
However Saintes, in Charente Maritime, is only two hours by fast autoroute from where I live and still in the green zone […]
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Now I’m going back in time to AD 370…
The Roma Nova series has two main strands: one with four books set in the 21st century featuring Carina Mitela and the other set between the late 1960s to early 1980s featuring Aurelia Mitela. The short story collection ROMA NOVA EXTRA includes a couple of […]
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Modern Roman cops – Carabinieri (Author photo)
Thinking about police, gendarmes and emergency services in the past few days brought me to the law enforcers of Ancient Rome.
Faced with terrorist attack (or riot, revolt and rebellion), they would have been robust in their attitude and actions. So who policed Rome?
Vigiles as […]
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